Best Plumbing Tricks & Tips from Melbourne’s Experts

If your ducted heating hasn’t run since last winter, it’s been sitting untouched for months, and that’s exactly when small problems start building up unnoticed. A short pre-winter check catches these issues while they’re still simple, rather than on the first cold night when you actually need the system working.…

If you have ducted heating and you’re still paying to warm rooms nobody’s sitting in, the system is probably zoned, and you’re just not using it properly. Ducted heating zones let you direct heat to the rooms you’re actually using instead of running the whole house at once, and getting…

If your ducted heating is not working, the good news is that most faults can be traced to one of five causes. You can safely rule out several yourself before calling anyone. Work through the checks below in order. If you get to the end and it’s still not heating,…

If your ducted heating has been humming along for over a decade, you’ve probably started wondering how much longer it’s got in it. Ducted systems are a significant investment, and nobody wants to be caught out with a dead system in the middle of a cold snap. The honest answer…

The first properly hot day of the season is the worst possible time to find out your evaporative cooler hasn’t been serviced since last summer – because that’s also the day every technician in Melbourne is booked out. The good news is that most of the pre-season checks are straightforward,…

Walk into any appliance retailer, and you can have a split system selected, purchased, and ready to install within the hour. The problem is that most buying decisions come down to price, brand recognition, and a vague instinct that bigger is safer. That is how Melbourne homes end up with…